Eileen M. (Ei-M) reviewed on 3/21/2011 + 68 more book reviews

Pat Conroy is a stunning story teller. A southern author, his love of Charleston is always obvious and makes the reader want to go. The character Leo King is introduced when he is an adolescent who has had a tragic past for his young years. Read how tragedy has shaped the lives of his parents and himself after his beloved brother's suicide. Leo is left lonely and isolated until he becomes part of an odd group of friends....a pair of glamorous twins, a hardscrabble brother and sister who are orphaned, and the first black football player in his school. As well as socialites Molly and her boyfriend Chadworth. Follow this unlikely group of friends through 20 years from the 1960 counterculture to the AIDS crisis in the 80s. This story is the ultimate test of friendship and betrayal. A wonderful read!!

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